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29 Sep 2008 (archived)

Flood Awareness Month - October 2008

Following the flooding in Oxfordshire the council is supporting Flood Awareness Month throughout October 2008.

The campaign, organised by the Environment Agency, and supported by the National Flood Forum, the emergency services and councils in the Thames Valley region, aims to provide advice and information for people who have been affected by, or are at risk of flooding.

Flood Protection Product Fairs
Residents whose homes and businesses have been flooded can find out what is being done and what future action they can take to protect their property at a Flood Protection Fairs across the region.

These events will bring together a variety of flood protection ideas, products and services as well as help and information for those people who have been affected by, or are at risk of flooding.

At the Flood Protection Product Fair visitors will be able to:

Check if their home or business is in a flood risk area
Find out about flood warning services and how they can sign up
Get advice on practical steps to protect homes from flooding
Pick up a range of information and check out useful websites
Examine the range of flood defence devices you can buy
Develop their own home or business flood plan

A Fair was held in Witney on Thursday 9 October and there are a number of similar fairs throughout Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire.

Information stands

There are also a number of Flood Awareness stands in selected councils in Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire. These will provide information about who does what in a flood and leaflets about flooding. The Flood awareness information fact sheets give more details.

More information about both the fairs and the stands is available to download.

For more general information, visit our flooding section.

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